The balmy weather is expected to break after Wednesday as cold fronts move in, and after temperatures in the high 80s, things are expected to cool down by a few degrees. It might, however, rain over the weekend.

It’s a weather pattern rare in summer but familiar in the winter months, meteorologist...

Exactly how much rain, and how it will compare to the downpours that made July the second-wettest July on record, is not yet clear, said Luis Rosa, a meteorologist form the National Weather Service.

“It’s kind of hard to tell this far out, but there is the potential for more heavy rain and flooding again during the weekend,” he said.

There’s a 50 percent chance of rain on Saturday and a 60 percent on Sunday, he said.

The prolonged heat caused Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities to turn seven senior centers, 15 libraries and the community rooms at four district police stations into cooling centers to give a reprieve from the heat.